Month: June 2025

His Story Is In His Name -Josiah

The story of Josiah

is also a cautionary tale

which is still relevant today.

It can be found in 2 Kings 22–23 and 2 Chronicles 34–35.

Josiah was the 16th King of Judah from

approximately 640 to 609 B.C.

2 Kings 22:2 introduces Josiah by saying,

“And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the way of David his father, and he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.”

The scripture then presents Josiah as the last God-fearing monarch of the Davidic line before the Babylonian exile, whose reign marks the final bright outburst of covenant faithfulness in Judah.

יאשׁיהו

Josiah’s name means: the one through whom God heals.

It comes from a Semitic root ‘ashah,

meaning: one who supports.  

It is also closely related to the word ‘ashur

which is the root word for Assyria,

the whole story of Josiah is told through his name.

In the Hebrew, JOSIAH  jō sī’ ə  יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ;

and in Greek: LXX ̓Ιωσίας, G2739,

The meaning is: may the Lord support or heal.

Name of a king of Judah, son of Amon and Jedidah.

Yoshiyyah or Yoshiyyahu: Josiah

Original Word: יאֹשִׁיָּה
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Yo’shiyah
Pronunciation: yo-shee-YAH-hoo
Phonetic Spelling: yo-shee-yaw’
KJV: Josiah 
NASB: Josiah, Josiah’s
Word Origin: [from the same root as 

H803 (אֲשׁוּיָה – Work) and H3050 (יָהּ – LORD)]

Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance

Josiah 

Or

yo-she-yaw’-hoo;

from the same root as ‘ashuwyah and Yahh;

founded of Jah;

see HEBREW ‘ashuwyah

see HEBREW Yahh

Through Josiah YHVH

healed His nation

and it was Josiah who

supported God’s mission and call upon Israel.  

Josiah was the last of the good kings in Judah and was considered to be a righteous king, unlike many of his forefathers. Josiah was the son of King Amon and the grandson of King Manasseh, both of them wicked kings of Judah. However, Josiah was a godly king and known as one of the world’s youngest kings; He came to power at the age of 8 and ruled for 38 years after his father King Amon was assassinated.

His father, Amon, a short-lived and idolatrous king who worshipped idols, 2 Kings 21:19–26; was wicked, as were the Jewish kings and their culture for generations before him. Eventually, Amon’s own servants killed him. Josiah’s grandfather, Manasseh, was no better his long apostasy had filled Jerusalem with blood, as recorded in 2 Kings 21:16.
His sons names were Johanan, Jehoiakim (Eliakim),

Shallum (Jehoahaz),

and Zedekiah (Mattaniah).

1 Chronicles 3:15.

King Josiah became the King of Judah at the age of 8.

He not only served the YHVH, he loved Him and through the influence of his Godly mother, he destroyed all the idols.

He experienced a spiritual awakening at age 16. “He began to seek the God of his father David” 2 Chronicles 34:3.

There is an interesting comparison here of zeal for the Lord at an early age. At 8 years old Josiah sat on David’s throne; likewise Messiah Yeshua/Jesus at 12 was found in His Father’s house, about His Fathers business, discussing spiritual matters. Luke 2:49.

 In the 18th year of his reign,

Josiah raised money to repair the temple,

It was during the project and making reparation that a life changing discovery was made…..

Hilkiah, the High Priest/Cohen haKadol, 

found

the Book of the Law/the Torah scroll

that had been hidden away.

“the Book of the Law of the LORD given through Moses”

2 Chronicles 34:14-15.

Shaphan reading the law before Josiah.

Shaphan in Hebrew: שפן, means “hyrax”,

son of Azaliah,

is the name of a scribe or court secretary mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible.

Josiah sent a delegation of royal officials to seek out Yahweh’s will and they went to find Huldah, a prophetess in Jerusalem.  Huldah’s prophetic words confirmed the authenticity of the Book of the Law/Torah and warned of impending judgment on Judah for their disobedience.  Huldah the prophetess gave the king’s men this message from YHVH:

disaster would strike the nation because they had forgotten God and instead worshiped idols.

2 Chronicles 34:2.

Huldah’s prophecy to Josiah lines up with the rest of Scripture regarding judgment and mercy. She foretells that Judah will face consequences for sin, yet, reassures the king of personal peace.

Huldah authenticated the discovered scroll and exhorted Josiah to humble himself. 2 Kings 22:18-19.

She affirmed that judgment on Judah was inevitable but delayed because Josiah’s heart was tender before the LORD,

2 Kings 22:15-20

and she assured him that his humility had moved YHVH to delay that judgment.

Josiah held Huldah’s prophecy in high regard. He followed the instructions which were read out and assembled the people at the Temple in Jerusalem.

It was a delay of judgment but not cancellation of it. Josiah’s reforms stayed God’s wrath, 2 Kings 22:20; yet did not abolish the consequences of generations of sin, teaching that personal righteousness does not automatically protect an unrepentant nation.

Until the copy of the Torah was discovered Josiah’s understanding of doctrine and theology was incomplete; yet even before it was found, Josiah had a heart that was tender and submissive/rakak to YHVH.

Operating in her intellectual and spiritual gifts, Huldah was a true helper/ezer, as she came to the aid of her king and nation. The answer Huldah gave to Josiah is still valid today, humanity is condemned; but each one of us can accept salvation in an individual and personal way. Because of this prophetic directive, Josiah decided to help as many people as possible to accept salvation and seek the Lord.

When Shapan, the secretary, read the Torah scroll to Josiah, and he listened to the horrifying words of coming judgment, he tore his clothes, in an outward sign of mourning and repentance, humbling himself before YHVH.

2 Chronicles 34:19; 2 Kings 22:10–11. 

King Josiah called for a time of national repentance and covenant renewal.

“The king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people joined in the covenant”. 2 Kings 23:3.

The Law was read to the people of the land, and a covenant was made between the people and the Lord and a young king who led his nation towards spiritual awakening and renewal, led the people back to the Word of God and brought a great revival to the land.

When Scripture’s authority was rediscovered, and the impact of the Torah Instructions/Law’s given in public reading; it underscores the sufficiency and binding authority of written revelation on both the ruler/king and the people to whom it was read.

Many reforms followed.

The temple was cleansed from all objects of pagan worship,

and the idolatrous high places in the land were demolished.

 Josiah was 20 when this purge of idolatry took place.

2 Chronicles 34:3–7.

Altars, Asherah poles, carved images, and molten images were ground to powder and scattered on the graves of their worshipers. The destruction of the altar at Bethel and the disinterring of the bones of the idolatrous priests’ fulfilled the unnamed prophet’s prediction made some 300 years earlier.

1 Kings 13:2; 2 Kings 23:16.

Cleansing the house of YHVH is a prophetic mirror image of Messiah’s cleansing the Temple in Jerusalem recorded in

Matthew 21:12-13.

There is a great encouragement for us in the fulfillment of the prophecy against Bethel, which confirms the reliability of earlier prophetic words; and further illustrates that divine promises often come to fruition following long periods of apparent delay and seeming denial. 2Peter 3:9.

Delay and denial by our Heavenly Father is not a form of punishment or indifference, but rather a divine strategy for our growth and transformation. It is a way for Him to teach us patience, and that patience undergirds our faith to support and strengthen it. They are divine preparations. He sees what we cannot see and whatever He does is with our best interests in mind, so we need to trust His perfect timing, stay faithful in the waiting, and be ready for His sudden move in our lives.

“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him who have been called according to his purpose” Romans 8:28.

Joseph waited 13 years

Abraham waited 25 years

Moses waited 40 years (twice)

Joseph waited 30 years…

If our Father is making us wait….

we are in good company!

Josiah was a righteous and reformative king of Judah who not only re-instituted the worship of Yahweh but also restored the observance of the Appointed Time/Moed of Pesach/Passover.

2 Kings 23:2–23.

In 2 Chronicles 35:18-19 we are told

it was the greatest Pesach/Passover

since the days of the judges.

Also recorded in 2 Kings 23:23 
HEB: שָׁנָ֔ה לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ נַעֲשָׂ֞ה הַפֶּ֧סַח
NAS: year of King Josiah, this Passover
KJV: of king Josiah, [wherein] this passover
INT: year of King Josiah was observed Passover

The Pesach/passover of Josiah, 2 Chronicles 35, became the definitive guideline for later Moedim celebrations. All Israel and Judah participated in it, initiating a desire to restore unity in the fractured identity of the 12 tribes/sons of Jacob/Israel. 
The priests and Levites returned to the Mosaic order recorded in 2 Chronicles 35:2-6.
The king personally donated 30,000 lambs and goats and 3,000 cattle, 2 Chronicles 35:7, reflecting royal stewardship in worship.

This sacrificial generosity in the Pesach/Passover foreshadows the greater King who supplies Himself as the Lamb.

The writer of these chronicles placed great emphasis on these events which reveals that:

spiritual renewal involves both right doctrine, which is the Torah Instruction/Teaching/ Laws and Ordinances;

and right practice, obedience to the Torah instructions by celebrating the 7 Appointed Times of The Lord/ His Moedim.

Josiah also removed mediums and witches from the land.

Recorded in

2 Kings 23:24&25.

HEB: וּבִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם בִּעֵ֖ר יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ לְ֠מַעַן הָקִ֞ים
NAS: Moreover, Josiah removed the mediums
KJV: and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away,
INT: Jerusalem removed Josiah might confirm

“Before him there was no king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might, according to all the Law of Moses, nor did any like him arise after him.”

YHVH’s wrath would later come upon Judah due to the evil King Manasseh had done, 2 Kings 23:25, but the judgment was delayed because of Josiah’s godly life and leadership.

2 Kings 22:20.

However, at the end of his life, Josiah feared the Assyrians would make an alliance with Egypt, and would regain their position as a world power and then come against Judah. Even when YHVH spoke through the Egyptian general Necho to stand down, Josiah still fought the battle the Lord had told him not to fight. After a lifetime of walking with YHVH and trusting Him to lead and guide him, he could not trust the Lord in the matter with the Assyrians; and took his army to stop the Egyptians. During the battle that ensued, Josiah was killed.

Sadly it was Josiah’s fear of Assyria that caused him to act in the flesh, he began to look at the circumstances in the natural and by trying to fix it in his own strength and it proved to be his downfall.

When Josiah died his two sons fought over the throne. The youngest Jehoahaz, seized the throne but 3 months later Necho the Egyptian general deposed him. Necho set his brother Jehoaiakim, whose name means: whom God has set up, as a puppet king for Egypt who ruled another 11 years. He is described as a ruthless tyrant in Jewish historical literature. Judah was eventually led into captivity by the Babylonians having never returned to the Lord.

King Josiah, was a man who loved the Lord with all his heart, who helped to start revival in the land and bring his people back to YHVH; then after 38 years of ruling Judah, at age 46 the Lord, took him home.  He could have served the Lord for many more years, but he failed at the end of his life. In one of his greatest tests, Josiah didn’t trust YHVH even after so many years of faithful service.

Josiah died in the battle at Megiddo in in 609 B.C.

2 Kings 23:29-30.

II Chronicles 35:22:  “Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.”

Above, the Egyptian Pharaoh Necho.

King Josiah was buried in Jerusalem in his own tomb,

and his son Jehoahaz took the role of king.

2 Kings 23:31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 32 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done. 33 Now Pharaoh Necho put him in prison at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and he imposed on the land a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. 34 Then Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Pharaoh took Jehoahaz and went to Egypt, and he died there. NKJV.

There is much we can learn from Josiah’s life that is very positive:

First, Josiah shows the influence a person can have from a very young age, even children have enormous potential to live for God and to have great impact.

Secondly, Josiah lived a life fully committed and obedient to YHVH and was blessed for it. He chose total commitment.

There was no king like him who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, according to all the Law of Moses. 2 Kings 23:25.

Josiah models wholehearted obedience that engages the entire covenant of Deuteronomy 6:5.

Thirdly, Josiah responded properly to the Father’s Word. By the time he became king, the Scriptures had long been neglected, and Josiah’s heart was broken by the failure of his people to honor that Word. Josiah had Scripture read to the people and made a commitment to live by it.

Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I have spoken . . . I also have heard you,’ declares the Lord. 2 Kings 22:19.

Josiah son of Zephaniah, hosted the crowning of the high priest Joshua with a symbolic crown, Zechariah 6:10-14, linking Josiah’s house with messianic expectation.
New Testament writers carry forward the reforming king’s line through Matthew’s genealogy of Messiah Yeshua/Jesus in Matthew 1:10-11, marking him as a crucial link in redemptive history.

Josiah is mentioned in the genealogy of Yeshua/Jesus:

When we face real trials that test our faith and trust in our heavenly Father, we are many times strongly tempted to trust in the arm of the flesh, rather than in Him. There is a great lesson to be learned that even after many years of faithful service, there may be times when we really can’t see how He will intervene in our situation, it is in those times that we must be aware of what happened to Josiah.  Even after a lifetime of trusting and serving YHVH, he let fear overtake him, he relied on the arm of the flesh and he failed. For every believer it does not matter how many years of service and of trusting our Heavenly Father and of seeing His power work in and through our lives; the enemy is always lurking in the shadows, and he knows our weaknesses. We should never pride ourselves that we have made it, or are beyond temptation, because while we are in this flesh body we are still vulnerable to attacks, no matter how many years we have trusted in our Lord and Savior. We must always be on guard no matter how strong we think we are and how big our faith is, and we must resist in Messiahs name and not give in, no matter how strong the temptation is to lean on the arm of the flesh. 1Peter 5:8 Be sober minded and alert our enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.

Reader you are not alone neither in your times of trial nor in reality. The truth is our Fathers Holy Spirit is with you to comfort, strengthen and uphold you, He will guide you through and deliver you from the hand of the enemy. He is the God of the impossible. Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh; is anything too difficult for Me?

Jeremiah 32:27…

and your breakthrough is here,

the Lord of Breakthroughs

or

the Lord who bursts through

1 Chronicles 14:10-11….

stand fast, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord today. Exodus 14:13, for today is the day of salvation …For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. 2 Corinthians 6:2.

and He watches over His word to perform it….Jeremiah 1:12.

Shalom aleikhem

chaverim and mishpachah!

Peace to friends and family.

Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week.

Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him.

It’s all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion.

You are very precious in His sight.

Not sure ..you can be…

SIMPLY SAY THE FOLLOWING MEANING IT FROM YOUR HEART..don’t delay one more minute,

SAY IT RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.

I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name.

The Place Where Holiness Is Present

 

And when they came unto the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzzah put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. 

And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and He struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there before God.…

1 Chron. 13:9

This instance seems shocking when we first read it, why does YHVH, the One we know as the God of unconditional love; the One Who we call Father, Savior and Friend as well as Lord, allow such an instant punishment to happen?

It is because He loves us and in truth, there is a very serious lesson for us to learn from this seemingly tragic account.

We must recall the command both in the TaNaKH

Leviticus 11:44-45
For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground. / For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.

Leviticus 19:2
“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.

Leviticus 20:7
Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 20:26
You are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own.

and the Brit Chadashah/New Testamnet for us to

be Holy as he is Holy. 1Peter 1: 15-16.

But just as He who called you is holy,

so be holy in all you do, because it is written,

“Be holy, for I am holy.”

Hebrews 12:14
Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 4:7
For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.

and we are further reminded in

Hebrews 13:8 that He is the same yesterday today and forever and

I am the Lord I do not change.

Malachi 3:6.

Sadly we sometimes forget the holiness of the creator of the universe, and many do not understand what His holiness is and why we must respect it.

In the Old Testament YHVH gave Moses very precise instructions for how sinful man was to approach a Holy God. Sin cannot survive in the presence of His holiness and if a human, who is born in sin, tried to approach Him without the correct procedure, his/her physical flesh would instantly die/be consumed. As spirit beings we will never die, in the sense of what decay and corruption does to a flesh body. The meaning of spiritual death is eternal separation from the Fathers presence.

Leviticus tells us that the life is in the blood and that ALL sin has to be paid for. Romans 6:23 the wages of sin is death.

Sin must be atoned for, by the shedding of blood; life for life, that of a sinless, innocent, sacrificial animal, one of which is a lamb. On seeing Yeshua/Jesus in John 1:29, he declared

‘behold the Lamb of God Who takes away the sin of the world,’ referring to Him as the perfect and ultimate sacrifice.

Since Messiah came and shed His Blood for all of humanities sin and the grace and mercy that our Heavenly Father is showing to us on a daily basis; we have a tendency to neglect just how Holy our Heavenly Father is. We don’t have to continually bring sacrifices for our sins and so, we are sometimes forgetful that sin always brings forth death. James 1:15. We know to ask for forgiveness and bring our sins, iniquities, transgressions and missteps before Him to be covered by Messiahs blood. However, is there true repentance, teshuvah, turning 180 degrees away from that sin and never committing it again; or do we just not worry and that next time we just say again that we are sorry, God understands?

Have we become so blasé with our salvation, treating our relationship with the Father as with some casual friend and not respecting Him for Who He is?

It might help us to read some of the accounts in the Bible of what happened to the chosen people of Israel when they became casual and disrespectful, and began thinking more highly of themselves that they ought. Reverential respect towards the Father needs to be fully restored to the body of Messiah, because we sometimes have a somewhat skewed view of the Holiness of the Creator and King of His universe.

One account has troubled many who believe in a God of love, Who doesn’t judge, condemn or deal un-righteously with sin at every level.

In I Samuel 6:19: “And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.”

There are different interpretations as to the reasons behind these incidents. Josephus wrote concerning the accuracy of the number of those who died. He notes that it doesn’t say how these 50,070 people died, and that the village of Bethshemesh could not possibly have contained such a large number of people; and cites that some Hebrew manuscripts which omit the 50,000 are more accurate. There are those that say 70 is the number of those who died and 50,000 is the number of those who were present. In other words, only 70 actually came close enough to the ark to be killed.

There are other miraculous incidents concerning the ark and according to the commentary in the Midrash, (in Yalkut Shimoni Shmuel II 5:142), it is believed that the ark actually carried its carriers and when the priests lifted the ark for transport, the ark carried them. The poles on the ark that were used by the priest to carry it were never to be removed and only certain priests were allowed to carry it; and Numbers 7:9 records that the family of Kehat was assigned this duty and specifically instructed to

“carry it on their shoulders.”

The ark was to move only with the priests in attendance and was not to be moved on a wagon, particularly one being pulled by natural means, e.g. by oxen, because the transport of the ark was to be purely supernatural. Our Heavenly Father is a Spirit and everything about Him is super natural, over and above everything natural to our way of thinking.

I Chronicles 15:2 records:

Then David said, “No one may carry the ark of God but the Levites, for the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of God and to minister before Him forever”

In I Samuel 4-6 we read that the ark was captured by the Philistines when they defeated the Jews and they brought it back with them to their lands.

Because they took possession of the ark many plagues and afflictions came on the Philistines and it even destroyed their idol Dagon when they placed it in their temple.

 

Finally the Philistines sent it back to Israel on a cart where immediately the Levites took the ark from the cart and used the cart as firewood to sacrifice the cows that had pulled it.

Various explanations are given as to why, there were many who died when the ark was opened at Bethshemesh, from them being disrespectful to the ark, to disobeying YHVH.  Some scholars say that they were not properly sanctified or purified before coming close to the ark to look at what was inside.

The second reason may have been the most likely, in that they entered into that ‘space’ between heaven and earth. This ‘space’ where only someone in a physical body that has been properly cleansed, made to be sinless before the Lord, could enter; otherwise, their corruptible physical bodies could not exist in the presence of His Holiness. With this option it makes the requirements for the kohanim/priests strict purification, take on a whole new meaning.

Our Fathers ways are not our ways, Isaiah 55:8-9, and He operates both in the revealed or natural realm, and in the hidden or supernatural realm at the same time.

At first glance, there doesn’t appear to be supernatural presence in the natural physical realm on a continuous basis, this is the because of our Heavenly Fathers’ ability or power to conceal Himself.  We call His power miracles, when the laws of the natural physical world are broken, they are an expression of His power and are openings into the hidden dimension of the Fathers presence. However, the reality is that our Creator Father is beyond both the natural and supernatural and He isn’t completely hidden and He isn’t completely revealed either, because He is not inhibited by anything or anyone at anytime or anywhere.

We in our physical form, are stuck in only the natural, physical realm or dimension within the boundaries of this earth. 

Unless by means of a supernatural act of an individual being caught up into His presence/the heavenlies, our physical bodies can’t pass into the supernatural realm, the place of His presence; and if we try to without the covering of the blood of Messiah our bodies will be destroyed. Pauls experienced was recorded for us along with many others in both the old and new testaments.

2 Cor.12:3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) 4 How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for man to utter.

There is an expression in Hebrew for this ‘place between’, it’s called the tzim tzum, referring to the point/place where heaven and earth sometimes meet, merge or blend.

YHVH wanted to dwell with His people and instructed Moses to make the Ark where His presence could reside, then the Ark was placed in the Holy of Holies, which was the most sacred spot on earth, because that was where the supernatural reality of YHVH was revealed.

This meant that the Ark did take up actual space in the natural physical realm and at the same time it didn’t… due to the supernatural presence of the Shekinah Glory. The sages say, it was the perfect connection, the blending between Heaven and Earth.

As well as in the TaNaKH, there are places in the New Testament where it is recorded that the realms or dimensions merged. Matthew 3:13-17. The Fathers Voice was heard, some said it thundered, His Spirit was seen like a dove and His Son was physically being immersed. The mount of transfiguration was another, where both realms were revealed at the same time; Peter, James and John from the natural realm and Moses and Elijah from the supernatural realm. They were in that tzim tzum, that place that heaven and earth touched. Matthew 17, Mark 9, Luke 9. Jacob found himself in that place too, the gate of Heaven, after wrestling all night with the Angel of the Lord. Gen. 32:24.

This may help us to understand our question about why Uzza died, because when the priests were carrying the Ark back to a permanent place after its captivity by the Philistines, the priests did not follow the God-given directions for carrying the ark. Instead they placed the ark on a cart pulled by oxen in total disregard to the laws and command of YHVH.  It may be true to say that if they disregarded those directives, it’s likely they also disregarded the procedures for cleansing that the priest had to go through before carrying the ark?

I Chronicles 13:10: “And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God.”

Some see this as an angry God with no love or understanding of why Uzzah was just trying to help.

The name Uzzah means strength,

more specifically, personal strength.

עזה

From the verb עזז (‘azaz), to be strong.

Uzzah was treating the ark like any other piece of furniture when he reached out to steady it, not respecting its significance.

In himself, Uzzah was not prepared to enter the place between the realms, where heaven meets earth, nor was he seeking to draw closer to the Lord. He was just using his own strength, his own resources to accomplish what only YHVH alone could accomplish and that was to steady His own Ark.

By this action his flesh made contact with the spiritual realm, the realm of the tzim tsum; and as a result, being in his physical body, it did not have the capacity to make or endure that transition.

Tzimtzum is a way of being present in one’s absence. A way of describing this space between, it was being present and absent at the same time. A concept which is hard for us to comprehend.

Tzimtzum also means:

contraction or concealment

hidden and hiding.

This very interesting abstract idea was established by the 16th century Rabbi Isaac Luria, known as the Arizal.

It could be more easily understood by our phrase:

hidden or hiding in plain sight.

The idea of TzimTzum is that from YHVH”s vantage point, nothing exists besides Him, and nothing can exist, because He must will it into existence. He upholds all things by the word of His power. Hebrews 1:3. So in essence everything is just a manifestation of Him. In Him we live and move and have our being. Acts 17:28.

Tzimtzum is a hiding/concealment of the Father that enables a physical creation that “feels” as if it has an existence independent of Him. That explanation connects with both giving us free will and predetermined destiny…we are free to choose, but choose life, and the plan He has for us.

It is important to note YHVH’s instructions pertaining to the ark, and why Uzzah was punished and killed on the spot.

It is correct that only the Levites could carry the Ark in a very specified way, and that they were not allowed to touch any of the Holy things. Numbers 4:15,19-20; Exodus 25:13-16. When David had the Ark transported, but not in the prescribed way, compare 1 Chronicles 13:7, Uzzah saw how the ark started to slip, and he “put his hand to the ark” 1 Chronicles 13:9-10 and was killed.  

It is interesting that we read that the Philistines, (non-Levites), took the Ark and placed it in the temple of Dagon, and that they sent it later to other cities, but they were not killed in the process! 1 Samuel 5. They clearly moved the Ark without being authorized to do so, and even touched it, 1 Samuel 6:8, 11. As a consequence, they were plagued by God, but not killed.

Why then was Uzzah killed?

Note the following explanation by the Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary:

“Fearing that the ark was in danger of being overturned, Uzzah, under the impulse of momentary feeling, laid hold of it to keep it steady. Whether it fell and crushed him, or some sudden disease attacked him, he fell dead upon the spot…

It is of importance to observe the proportionate severity of the punishments attending the profanation of the ark. The Philistines suffered by diseases, from which they were relieved by their oblations, because the law had not been given to them [1Sa 5:8-12]…

But Uzzah, who was a Levite, and well instructed, suffered death for his breach of the law. The severity of Uzzah’s fate may seem to us too great for the nature and degree of the offense. But it does not become us to sit in judgment on the dispensations of God; and, besides, it is apparent that the divine purpose was to inspire awe of His majesty, a submission to His law, and a profound veneration for the symbols and ordinances of His worship.”

The Lord brought judgment upon certain men of Beth Shemesh who were guilty of the presumptuous sin of gazing into the ark. They had shown a lack of reverence for the holy things of God and had directly violated Mosaic Law.

Numbers 4:20.”

In the case of the people of Beth-Shemesh, God acted forcefully because of their presumptuous discontent for His instructions, which were clearly spelled out for them. But we don’t read that God killed them immediately when they touched the ark, nor was their death an automatic consequence of their touching the ark—an additional action of God was of course required; and so it appears that He reacted when they opened the ark and perhaps even removed the pot of manna and Aaron’s rod from it, as some commentaries suggest. Note that 1 Samuel 6:19 states that God struck the men AFTER they had looked into the ark—requiring of course that they first touched and opened it. 

Whether the men of Beth-Shemesh removed the pot with manna and Aaron’s rod, before being struck, or whether the Philistines had done so; or, whether it occurred during another unrecorded event.

It is entirely possible that at one time, these items were in the Ark, while at the time of the dedication of the 2nd Temple, there was nothing in the Ark except the tablets with the Ten Commandments. Hebrews 9:4; 1 Kings 8:9. At the same time, it is also possible that the pot with manna and Aaron’s rod were never IN the Ark of the Covenant, but simply close to, before, or BESIDE it.

The Lord struck the people with judgment because they committed a terrible sacrilege against Him. The Ark of His Covenant was a symbol of His very presence among His people. Regulations concerning the Ark and how it was to be treated, were of the strictest nature because of the huge difference between the Holiness of YHVH and the sinfulness of man. Ex. 25:10–22; 26:32–34; 37:1–9. Such an impious act of disregard for His holiness certainly was the reason for the sudden and terrible judgment.

In the Acts of the New Testament, there is a situation where 2 people lied to the Holy Spirit about their income as a result of selling property and they died as judgment fell on them immediately. We should not take the grace of our Heavenly Father lightly, or play with His merciful loving-kindness towards us. He is the Almighty, omnipotent, all powerful Creator, Master and King of His Universes who sits on the eternity of eternities. Rev.11:18 And the Ever–living One [I am living in the eternity of the eternities].  Amp.

Our prayer should be that, we spiritually have a new found respect for the Holiness of the One we have been given the merciful grace to call Father; and that we commune with Him in honesty and truth. Then maybe, He will invite us into that tzim tzum, that place that contains both heaven/His presence and earth, where we are, at the same time.

1 Chronicles 13:9 is a sobering account of the consequences of disobedience and presumption in the Father’s presence. It emphasizes the importance of approaching Him with humble, reverential respect.

The lesson is that our Fathers’ ways are not our ways, His thoughts are not like ours. Isaiah 55:8-9. He sees from heavens perspective and our world view is still so natural, carnal and objective in so many aspects. We still walk too much in the flesh and not after the spirit. We try to fix our own problems by putting out our hands in our own strength to direct, support and interfere in the plans of our Father. Often simply getting in His way and not waiting on Him in faith. Just as Uzzah in his instinctive natural reaction, put out his hand to steady the ark, not thinking that there was no question that the Lord of all creation could not take care of His own Mercy Seat. Uzzah was not in a position spiritually or physically to enter in and be exposed to the pure holiness of the Creator of the Universe. Only the High Priest/Kohen haGadol could, once a year after very careful specific preparation. Sin cannot remain in the presence of holiness. Let our prayer be that we receive a deeper understanding and respect for the Holiness of our Heavenly Father and do not presume to approach Him on our own terms.

https://www.minimannamoments.com/what-is-the-connection-between-blood-gold-and-the-mystery-of-beth-shemesh-part-2/

Shalom aleikhem

chaverim and mishpachah!

Peace to friends and family.

Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week.

Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him.

It’s all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion.

You are very precious in His sight.

Not sure ..you can be…

SIMPLY SAY THE FOLLOWING MEANING IT FROM YOUR HEART..don’t delay one more minute,

SAY IT RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.

I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name.

Wars And Rumors Of Wars

In Matthew 24 Yeshua/Jesus was answering His disciples questions about the end of the age.

He warned them that they would hear of wars and rumors of wars but not to be troubled or afraid.

His words ring true today to all who declare they are His disciples. We are in a season of hearing about wars that threaten the stability of nations and the destruction of peoples lives. It may not be right on our doorstep at this exact moment but somewhere it is on the doorstep of our brothers and sisters in Messiah. This is a time for us to intercede for them not only for their safety but also for the will plan and purposes of our Heavenly Father to be fulfilled.

There are many scriptures that we lean on in times of unrest, war and violence, Psalms 23 and 91 are favorites and there are those that encourage us, reminding us that He is in control and He is our protection.  In Proverbs 18:10, we read of this security: He is our strong tower and we are to run into Him. “The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous run into it, and are safe.”

Another well known promise can be found in

Psalm 139:5 
HEB: אָח֣וֹר וָקֶ֣דֶם צַרְתָּ֑נִי וַתָּ֖שֶׁת עָלַ֣י
NAS: You have enclosed me behind
KJV: Thou hast beset me behind and before,

The different translations have various words for beset:

enclosed, hem in,

go before, hedged me,

all around me.

The Hebrew Word here for

beset

is

tsur or tzur or tsuwr

צוּר

Strongs # 6696 tsuwr

tsuwr: To bind, besiege, confine, cramp

Original Word: צוּר

Part of Speech: Verb

Transliteration: tsuwr

Pronunciation: tsoor

Phonetic Spelling: tsoor

KJV: adversary, assault, beset, besiege, bind (up), cast, distress, fashion, fortify, inclose, lay siege, put up in bags

Word Origin: [a primitive root] to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)

Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance

adversary, assault, beset, besiege, bind up, cast, distress, fashion,

A primitive root; to cramp, i.e. Confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile) — adversary, assault, beset, besiege, bind (up), cast, distress, fashion, fortify, inclose, lay siege, put up in bags.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

צוּר verb confine, bind, besiege (Late Hebrew id., wrap (rare); Aramaic צוּר besiege, beleaguer); —

As a noun, this is what Moses struck to get water out of a rock.  

It is also used for a fortress or fortified city.  

The word for

behind is ‘achor 

which has the idea of

behind or past,

and the word 

qedem means: 

to go forward. 

That Hebrew word ends with the letter m, which in Hebrew has to be a closed mem, pointing to the hidden or unknown, as is our future. This expression achor vaqedem in this verse, expresses past and future.  So we could say that:

in my past and future, my Heavenly Father.. tsur – besets me.  

The word tsur is used as a verb here and is in a qal perfect form.  It is best expressed as:

you have entrenched me or fortified me. 

 So we could say,

in my past and in my future you have already fortified or entrenched me.  

4692 matsor or matsur: Siege, stronghold, fortress, entrenchment

Original Word: מָצוֹר
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: matsowr
Pronunciation: maw-tsore’ or maw-tsoor’
Phonetic Spelling: maw-tsore’
KJV: besieged, bulwark, defence, fenced, fortress, siege, strong (hold), tower 
NASB: siege, besieged, defense, fortified, fortress, rampart, siegeworks
Word Origin: [from H6696 (צּוּר – To bind)]

1. something hemming in…

any seamstress will know that a hem on a garment protects the material by stopping the edges from fraying.


2. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers)
3. (abstractly) a siege
4. (figuratively) distress
5. (subjectively) a fastness

Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance

besieged, bulwark, defense, fenced, fortress, siege, strong hold, tower

Or matsuwr {maw-tsoor’}; from tsuwr; something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness — besieged, bulwark, defence, fenced, fortress, siege, strong (hold), tower.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin from tsur
Definition siege enclosure, siege, entrenchment
NASB Translation besieged (3), defense (1), fortified (1), fortress (1), rampart (1), siege (17), siegeworks (1).

When David looked at the unrest in the nation, it was not too encouraging; a generation later there was civil war there. The Assyrians were a threat to their peace and safety and there was also to the throne itself when Davids son turned on him and he had to run for his life with a price on his head. 

David faced the compounding pressures and fears of being a king every day, but when he woke in the morning, he was reminded that YHVH had

sur..

fortified him, entrenched him or hedged him.  

That hedge or fortress was around him in the past

and it was around him right at that moment

and would continue to be around him in his future.

We too can depend on this promise for ourselves and our families.

In the next part of the verse David says

You laid your hand upon me.

The word

laid

in Hebrew is

7896 shith: To put, place, set, appoint, make

Original Word: שִׁית
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: shiyth
Pronunciation: sheeth
Phonetic Spelling: sheeth

KJV: apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, X look, make, mark, put (on), + regard, set, shew, be stayed, X take

NASB: set, make, put, laid, made, lay, demanded
Word Origin: [a primitive root]

 in a future tense and means: to place or set.  

“You will set me in your

Strong’s Hebrew: 3709. כָּף (kaph) —

… hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot) …

Strong’s Hebrew: 3028. יַד (yad) — hand 

This is not the word yad for hand but is built upon that word. 

This is more specific and means the palm of the hand. 

Strong’s Hebrew: 6447. פַּס (pas) — palm (of the hand)

... 6447. pas Strong’s Concordance pas: palm (of the hand)

Original Word ... פַס

Part of Speech: Noun Masculine

Transliteration: pas

Definition: palm (of the hand)

NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin

(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to pacac; the palm (of the hand, as being spread out) —

 The verse literally says:

You have set me in the palm of your hand.

Interestingly the ancient Hebrew did believe that a persons heart was in the palm of the hand, and if we think like that, David was saying that

he would not fear or live in dread of the future,

for he is sheltered in the heart of God.

With recent events occurring and conflicts escalating for many the future is terrifying and uncertain. There are reports of riots and mass shootings and people fear going to school or special events. There are also threats of terrorists with weapons of mass destruction, destroying water supplies or releasing a biological weapon and we could spend all day worrying and fretting anxiously over the future.

Or…

we can be like David whose faith and eyes are on our Heavenly Father and say:  

My past, present, and future is entrenched in You and should a disaster happen, You will tsur /fortify me because I will be sheltered in the hollow of Your hand and resting in Your heart.

3709 kaph 

kaph: Palm, hand, hollow, sole

Original Word: כַּף
Transliteration: kaph
Pronunciation: kaf
Phonetic Spelling: kaf
KJV: branch, + foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon
NASB: hands, hand, pan, sole, pans, palm, soles
Word Origin: [from H3721 (כָּפַף – bowed down)]

1. the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree)
2. (figuratively) power

Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance

branch, foot, handful hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole,

From kaphaph; the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power — branch, + foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.

Psalm 139:5 
HEB: וַתָּ֖שֶׁת עָלַ֣י כַּפֶּֽכָה׃ 
NAS: And laid Your hand upon me.
KJV: and laid thine hand upon me.
INT: and laid and your hand

Messiah warns us that… Men’s hearts will fail them with fear.

In a sense, we are getting a taste of the fear and dread that David felt, the realization that within 24 hours our comfortable lifestyle, our abundance of food, water, and health could suddenly change. 

Our Heavenly Father has granted us all the privilege of protection and we need to realize that when we are sheltered in the palm of His hand or in His heart, there is no need to be fearful. We have been hemmed in. Remember this concept comes from the Hebrew word tsuwr, which is often used of a military siege or fortification.

Verse 5 in Psalms 139 speaks profoundly about our Heavenly Father’s omnipresence and the comfort that comes with this truth because it expresses the idea that He surrounds us on all sides.

You’ve gone into my future to prepare the way, and in kindness you follow behind me to spare me from the harm of my past.

 It profoundly illustrates His deep love and care for us, the imagery stirs up feelings of safety, security, and intimate connection with Him, expressing His presence and protection.

In Phil 4:7 7 And God’s peace [shall be yours, that [a]tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and being content with its earthly lot of whatever sort that is, that peace] which transcends all understanding shall [b]garrison and mount guard over your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Amplified.

His promises to garrison, guard and keep us in times of trouble..these are the ones that we firmly take hold of.

Weymouth New Testament
And then the peace of God, which transcends all our powers of thought, will be a garrison to guard your hearts and minds in union with Christ Jesus.

When we keep our eyes on Yeshua/Jesus and look into His face and hear His heart, the fears of and things in this world grow strangely dim… in the light of His glory and grace.

Shalom aleikhem

chaverim and mishpachah!

Peace to friends and family.

Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week.

Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him.

It’s all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion.

You are very precious in His sight.

Not sure ..you can be…

SIMPLY SAY THE FOLLOWING MEANING IT FROM YOUR HEART..don’t delay one more minute,

SAY IT RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.

I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name.

Is There Such A Thing As A Sin That Cant Be forgiven?

For centuries people have lived in fear of committing this

unpardonable or unforgivable sin

and many have given up hope believing they have done so.

There are many teachings on this subject and many different opinions depending on which denomination or doctrine people adhere to.

Some examples are: the Roman Catholic Church follows the teachings of Thomas Aquinas who listed six sins against the Holy Spirit which are:

Despair – believing your sin is too great to be forgiven,

Presumption – trying to obtain pardon without repentance,

Resistance – to known truth,

Envy – of a brother’s spiritual good,

Impenitence – the specific purpose of not repenting and

Obstinacy – clinging to your sin so long you become immune to the conviction of the Holy Spirit. 

Calvin summed it up by stating a generally accepted view, which is: that blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is resisting the convicting power of the Holy Spirit.  

Billy Graham suggested that

“If you are worried that you committed the unpardonable sin you haven’t done it yet.”  

Meaning that if you are worried or concerned about it then it shows that the Holy Spirit is still at work in you. 

It really does not matter what we choose to believe as an interpretation, because it will not change truth; it only matters what the Word tells us. Scripture always confirms itself and never contradicts. So looking at Matthew 12:31 in Messiahs own words and keeping them in context, we will have a clear answer.

Matthew 12:31:  “Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy [against] the [Holy] Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.”

The Aramaic reads:

31 Because of this, I say unto you, that the sons of men {i.e. mankind} will be forgiven all their sins, and their blasphemies, but, the blasphemy that is against The Rukha d’Qudsha {The Spirit of Holiness} will not be forgiven the sons of men {i.e. mankind}.

Here for those who are interested are links to both the

Holy Aramaic Scriptures and

A Dictionary of Jewish Palestinian Aramaic of the Byzantine period (Dictionaries of Talmud, Midrash, and Targum).

https://theholyaramaicscriptures.weebly.com/matthews-gospel.html

https://archive.org/details/a-dictionary-of-jewish-palestinian-aramaic-of-the-byzantine-period-dictionaries-

2 links for free download as pdf.

https://ia902307.us.archive.org/34/items/a-dictionary-of-jewish-palestinian-aramaic-of-the-byzantine-period-dictionaries-/A%20Dictionary%20of%20Jewish%20Palestinian%20Aramaic
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A Dictionary of Jewish Palestinian Aramaic of the Byzantine period (Dictionaries of Talmud, Midrash, and Targum)

First, what does blasphemy really mean?

Webster’s dictionary defines it as:

the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for a deity.  

This should give us pause for thought as many people have to some degree done this.

Blasphemy means: reviling God.

In Hebrew it is known as birkat hashem, literally

“blessing [euphemism for cursing] the Name [of God].”

The one guilty of this offense is called a 

megaddef – blasphemer.

In the two main passages in the Bible

Leviticus 24: 10-23 and I Kings 21: 8-13

 the penalty for this offense is stoning to death.

Does it mean to insult God, or does it mean to curse God?

According to the Gospels of

Matthew 26: 63-6 and Mark 14: 53-64

Yeshua/Jesus was tried by the Sanhedrin on a charge of blasphemy.

In Greek the word is blasphemia and is clearly where we get our English word blasphemy from.

The word means:

abusive or scurrilous language

and it also means:

to call something good as bad and bad as good;

and by that definition, probably, most people have committed blasphemy.  

As discussed in previous posts, Messiah spoke the Aramaic language and in Aramaic Midrashic Literature the word appears as godpha and literally means: to cut, scrape or hollow out.

It is used for scraping out a clay dish while forming it, in order to reduce its thickness. In this context it would mean: scraping, and cutting our Heavenly Father out of our life, removing every memory or thought of Him permanently. 

In the Targumim Dictionary it states that it was used as a metaphor to give a picture that expressed the idea of: ‘Worshipping idols to impair the supremacy of the Divine Name”.  

Another way to give its meaning is, when His Ruach haKodesh/Spirit of Holiness is convicting a person of sin, this individual would say that they don’t want anything to do with Him or the free gift of Salvation that is offered through Messiahs death.

The definition of this word is the sum of what most scholars refer to, which is: the continual rejection of the Holy Spirits work of conviction, and when His Spirit of Holiness becomes so grieved, He will cease in His efforts with that person; and as Romans 1:28 warns us, He will give them over to their sin. There comes a point when He will give you your free will choice and leave you alone.  

Here are some definitions in connection with

Matthew 12:31-32; Mark 3:28-30; & Luke 12:10.

By attributing the powers of Yeshua/Jesus to Satan, the Pharisees had rejected the Holy Spirit work, noted in

Luke 11:20 as ‘the finger of God’.

They made His Ruach haKodesh/Holy Spirit unholy, they called His Holy Spirit unclean, Mark 3:22,30.

Yeshua/ Jesus was anointed with His Heavenly Father’s Holy Spirit to perform miracles, recorded in

Matthew 12:18; Luke 4:18, Acts 10:38.

His Holy Spirit came to convict the world of sin by His works/miracles and by His words/inspired preaching and teaching, according to John 16:8–11.

To reject Yeshua/Jesus’ and the Father’s Holy Spirit works and words, is to reject the only means by which man can be saved. When a person blasphemes, literally to speak hurt, to speak against or slander someone and rejects the person of the Fathers Holy Spirit, he is left without the means for divine forgiveness. Scripture tells us there is no other means for conviction and conversion. Rejecting the way of salvation means there is no hope of salvation in this world, referring to the TaNaKH/Old Testament ages and that which is to come; referring at that point to Pentecost/Shavuot, which for us we look back to. Those who reject Yeshua/Jesus as Messiah can be forgiven as were the Jews and Paul as recorded in

Acts 26:9; Romans 11:5, 23; 1 Timothy 1:13.

If a person rejects the works and the words of His Holy Spirit there is nothing left for our Heavenly Father to offer.

Sin is serious apostasy by genuine believers and only those who are truly born-again could commit sin. This unforgivable sin consists of unusually malicious, willful rejection and slander against the Holy Spirits work attesting to Messiah, and attributes that work to satan.

Mark 3:22 And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.”

Matthew 12:24 and Luke 11:15 Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But men among them said, “This one exorcises devils by Beelzebub the Chief of devils.”

Luke 12:10“And everyone who will say a word against The Son of Man shall be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes The Spirit of Holiness, it will not be forgiven to him.”

1422 geduphah: Reproach, Blasphemy, Reviling

Original Word: גְּדוּפָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: gduwphah
Pronunciation: gheh-doo-fah’
Phonetic Spelling: ghed-oo-faw’
Definition: Reproach, Blasphemy, Reviling
Meaning: a revilement derived from the root גָּדַף (gadaph/godpha), which means to revile or to blaspheme. While there is no direct one-to-one correspondence in the Greek New Testament for “geduphah,” the concept of blasphemy is captured by the Greek word βλασφημία (blasphemia), Strong’s Greek Number 988. This term is used in the New Testament to describe similar acts of speaking against God or sacred things.

In summary, geduphah is a term that encapsulates the act of revilement or blasphemy, emphasizing the importance of reverence and respect for the divine in biblical teachings.

The word geduphah is used in the context of expressing disdain or contempt, particularly in relation to sacred or divine matters. It is often associated with blasphemy or irreverent speech against God. The term geduphah appears in the Hebrew Bible to describe acts of blasphemy or revilement, particularly against God. It is a noun form that captures the essence of speaking or acting in a manner that shows disrespect or contempt for the divine.
In the Old Testament, blasphemy was considered a serious offense, often punishable by severe consequences. The use of geduphah underscores the gravity of such actions and the importance of maintaining reverence for God and sacred matters.The concept of geduphah is closely related to the broader biblical theme of honoring God with one’s words and actions. It serves as a warning against the dangers of irreverence and the need for a respectful attitude towards the divine.The term is not frequently used in the Hebrew Bible, but its presence highlights the cultural and religious emphasis on the sanctity of God’s name and the prohibition against speaking against it.

Numbers 15:30 
HEB: יְהוָ֖ה ה֣וּא מְגַדֵּ֑ף וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ
NAS: that one is blaspheming the LORD;
KJV: or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD;
INT: the LORD one is blaspheming shall be cut person

Ezekiel 20:27 
HEB: ע֗וֹד זֹ֚את גִּדְּפ֤וּ אוֹתִי֙ אֲב֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם
NAS: your fathers have blasphemed Me by acting treacherously
KJV: Yet in this your fathers have blasphemedme, in that they have committed

1442 gadaph: To revile, to blaspheme, to reproach

Original Word: גָּדַף
Transliteration: gadaph
Pronunciation: gah-daf’
Phonetic Spelling: gaw-daf’
Definition: To revile, to blaspheme, to reproach
Meaning: to hack, revile blaspheme, reproach 

A primitive root; to hack (with words), i.e. Revile — blaspheme, reproach. 

G987 (βλασφημέω, blasphēmeō): To speak reproachfully, rail at, revile, calumniate, blaspheme.
G2635 (καταλαλέω, katalaleō): To speak against, to slander.
G3949 (λοιδορέω, loidoreō): To revile, to abuse verbally.

These Greek terms share a similar semantic range with גָּדַף, encompassing ideas of blasphemy, reviling, and abusive speech, and are used in the New Testament to describe actions that are similarly condemned as disrespectful and irreverent.

The verb גָּדַף (gadaph) is used in the context of blasphemy or reviling, often directed against God or sacred things. It conveys a sense of speaking contemptuously or abusively. The Hebrew verb גָּדַף (gadaph) appears in the Old Testament in contexts that involve blasphemy or reviling, particularly against God. This term is used to describe actions that are considered deeply disrespectful and offensive, often involving speech that is contemptuous or abusive. The act of גָּדַף is seen as a serious offense, reflecting a heart attitude that is rebellious and irreverent towards the divine.

In the Berean Standard Bible, the term is translated in contexts that highlight the severity of blasphemous actions. For example, in Leviticus 24:11, the son of an Israelite woman blasphemes the Name, and the community is instructed to bring him to justice. This underscores the gravity of the act and the communal responsibility to uphold the sanctity of God’s name.

The use of גָּדַף in the Hebrew Bible serves as a warning against the dangers of irreverence and the importance of maintaining a respectful and reverent attitude towards God. It reflects the broader biblical theme of honoring God with one’s words and actions, recognizing the power and holiness of His name.

To sum up; blasphemy against the Fathers Spirit of Holiness/RuachhaKodesh is a willful closing off of one’s heart and mind to YHVH’s truth, persistently attributing His Spirit’s work to a source of evil and rejecting His call to repentance.

Blasphemy against His Holy Spirit is attributing to the devil what has clearly been done by the Fathers Spirit of Holiness.

It is considered a persistent and unrepentant refusal to acknowledge the divine source of His work, especially as revealed through the Ruach ha Kodesh. It goes beyond mere words or actions and involves a hardened heart that rejects the work of conviction; this ends up as a seared conscience and is therefore unredeemable. It is not simply cursing God’s Name or momentary doubt, it’s a persistent, hardened rejection of the Spirit’s work in revealing Messiah.

Those that do commit this sin, were never His in the first place but as Messiah teaches in the parable in Matthew 13:24-43 tells us, they were tares and not wheat, and to depart from Him He never knew them.

If He never knew them they were never His.

Matthew 27:22-23.

In John 6:39 Yeshua/Jesus says He will not lose one of those whom the Father gave Him.

Here is what the One who sent me wants me to do [L the will of him who sent me]: I must not lose even one whom God gave me, but I must raise them ALL on the last day.

Rest assured that if we truly belong to Him, then we will not ever commit this unforgivable/unpardonable sin. Believers can have confidence in their salvation, knowing of a certainty that Messiah will not lose any of those given to Him by His Father. 

Shalom aleikhem

chaverim and mishpachah!

Peace to friends and family.

Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week.

Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord and soon returning King and that you have a personal relationship with Him.

It’s all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion.

You are very precious in His sight.

Not sure ..you can be…

SIMPLY SAY THE FOLLOWING MEANING IT FROM YOUR HEART..don’t delay one more minute,

SAY IT RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.

I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name.